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DARAGRAMS. —Yesterday, in Now York, Gold was quoted at 1.43 J. Cotton, 311. - —A geological and mineralogical surrey of New Hampshire is soon to be made. —London paid $1,000,000 to make South wark, bridge free. —Ono Fanueil Hall marketman sells the Bostonians six thousand frogs’ lege each week. j —Maine will soon present 40,000. testi monials to her soldiers. —Brigham Young has thirty-five mar riageable daughters. —There are 100,000 inhabitants in Stockholm, and only one daily newspaper. —From ten to twenty thousand white fish are now taken frSm Oswego Lake in a single night. . • —A mammoth bear, weighing 425 pounds, was caught in a trap in Pawnal, Vt., a few days since. —The execution of Maximilian, and its canse, the Mexican expedition, cost France one thousand millions of framts. —An American cooking stove is en routt # to Siam, where it is to form part of the dower of a Siamese princess. —Lord Napier, of Magdala, is the new title which General Napier assumes when he enters the peerage. —Chicago has recently built another im mense grain elevator, and now boasts of sixteen. —Brunettes are sovereigns in Saratoga, but the most beautiful woman there is Said to be a uew arrival—a married woman from western Pennsylvania. —Dealers in hair in Paris find the supply running short, and children are robbed of their luxuriant locks in passing alone through the city. —Cordelia Wade, of Cincinnati, has taken poison several times, but has always Seen stomach-pumped into life and safety again. She is one of the most persistent self destructives on record. —The Louisiana planters are expecting to save their cotton this year, by the aid of the black ants, which cover the plants and devour the eggs of insects ns fast as they ai-e deposited. —The clergy of Lyons, France, lately appointed an earlier hour than usual for the • Sunday services, in order to allow the people time who wished to attend the races which were to occur on that day. —Pirate Semmes can’t get over the idea that the public must feel an intense interest in him and his deeds, and consequently he is writing a six hundred pagcVook about his robberies, rascalities, inhumanities, disgrace, and barbarism. —France has invented a submarine lamp which derivss the oxygen necessary for combustion from a reservoir of the com pressed gas which accompanies it. Experi ments have been made, and it has proved a great success. —A reccut fashion writer reported that “a light salmon, approaching to pink, is a favorite color.” The Tammany choice is otherwise. They take that pink of loyalty, Horatio, and won't have anything to do with “Salmon.” —Asiatic cholera has appeared in Troy ; it is said to be the real thing, and we suggest that some enterprising roalaslic theatre manager have a sensation play written and secure some of the real thing to draw audi ences. —Admiral Farragut, accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Peacock, Capt. W. E. Leroy, Lieut- S. N. Kane, and Lieut. T. G. Willis, _ United States Navy, arrived in Edinburgh on the 27th ult. The party are on a tour through Scotland. A machine lor breaking up stone has been invented in Germany, in which they are carried round very rapidly on a disk, and then projected by their centrifugal force with such violence against a steel plate as to shiver them into fragments. —A gold coiu has boon dug up near Omaha, which i« dated 1586. On the strength of this Omaha is going to lay claims to antiquity, and her old families will probably look down upon those of Boston mid Philadelphia as mere upstarts. —Gold placers, it is asserted, were worked in California five years before the discovery at Sutter's mill in 1848. A mine at San Francisquito, thirty-five miles from Los Angelos, was worked from 1842 to 184(1 by Mexicans, who took out $6,000 to SB,OOO yearly. —Hydraulic Jacks have bccu substituted at the Woolwich (England) arsenal, in the place of the heavy wagons formerly used to sling large ordnance. Two six-pound jocks, worked each by two men, give the same result as the cumbersome and expensive machinery, while the expense is very small. —A process has recently been patented in England by which the bran of flpur, after being separated, is ground into an ini pal pa ble powder, and thou again mixed with the flour. In this way all nutritious ingredients are preserved, while the fineness of the flour is not affected. I, —Mexico City will, before long, be in | direct telegraphic communication with New York, ami thus with Europe. If this com- • BHinication hod existed a year or’two ago, perhaps Maximilian would now have been enjoying private life at Miramir, instead of sleeping in the Imperial vaults of the Capu chin Church at Vienna. —Wilburn Waters is the name of a re markable man, known as the hermit of White Top, Va-, and the greatest hunter of the age. He is now fiftyfi-ve years of age, and during his hermit life has killed 106 bears, 88 wolves, more than 400 deer, and a number ot wild cats or catamounts, having killed 20 ot the latter during the last year. —The hot weather has largely increased diarrhoeal diseases, and destroyed hundreds of children in the tenement districts of New York city. ’ The sanitary regulations of the Board pt Health have done much to protect the city from epidemics, otherwise the heat would be' much more destructive of life. The exceeding coolness which prevailed during the month of J uue has made the heat yiore trying to citizens. —During the displays of the magnetic storm, or aurora borealis, o» Friday even ing, which was an object of wonder and admiration, tlie telegraph operators at Val paraiso and Fort Wayne, Indiana, curious to test its effect in working the telegraph lines, disconnected the bajteries from the line, and put in ground wires, when they had got magnetism sufficient to work the instru ment quite well, enabling them to Commu nicate with each other. The magnetism was varied in intensity as the current be tween Aurora and Valparaiso changed. —Successful experiments were made with the “Gattling battery gun” at Fort Hamil ton, in New York harbor, on Thursday last. A target, distant 2,500 feet, at a slope behind tbe fort, was penetrated by the balls, although the distance was an extreme oae for the size of tbe gun, yhich throws only an ounce ball. J'lie target. at 400 feet, was easily penetrated, many of the shots entering the bull’s eye, and *ll near enough to satisfy observers of the fearful certainty of the unceasing re- • volver. NationalKepublican AUHUSTA. <>A. THURSDAY MORNING July JB, ISAS For PRESIDEM Os the United States: ULYSSES S. GRANT. FOB VICE PRESIDENT: Schuyler Colfax, OF INDIANA. REPUBL 7C. 1-V J/- I JQEI TT. Unless there is some understanding among the Ku-Klux permitting their men to vote for the Constitutional Amendment, in the hope of thus getting clear of mili tary authority, we may safely count on a good working majority in the General Assembly. The platform of the Ku-Klux, adopted' nt New York, finds its foundation in hos tility to Congress—while that of the He publicans, framed at Chicago, rests upon the eternal truths proclaimed and vitalized by the reconstruction acts of Congress. A joint ballot, on the 21st instant at Atlanta, developed a majority of thirty four for the Congressional plan of recon struction. Will any sane man believe that any one of this majority are Democrats ? * THE MUDDLE. What with the platform and the candi dates of the Democracy, its editors and its managers are at their wits’ ends and are thrown completely upon the defensive, and sorry work do they make of it. Their candidate for the Presidency is, or rather his speeches so place him, in favor of keeping faith with the public creditor, and of paying the .bonds, interest, and principal, in coin, but the party has placed him upon a platform which goes for repudiation. During the war the cry in the Demo cratic party was for peace—give us peace, said its citampions. Now they have nomi nated a candidate lor Vice President who goes for war—war in its most terrible aspect. He would inaugurate war all over the country—not a sectional struggle like the first—but war everywhere through, out the land. It is amusing to see bow the knowing ones struggle to relieve the party from this terrible embarrassment. The newspapers of the party are floun dering about, and making desperate eflorts to reconcile what they have said heretofore with what they are obliged to say now and in flic future. The World is certain that the platform must be construed to mean this: that the greenbacks must be brought up to gold values, and then they may be employed to redeem the public debt. ' On the other hand, the Chicago Times is alike confident that the platform in dorses Mr. Pendleton’s view, which is that the debt slwuld be paid in currency, be its value what it may. Thus it will lie seen that these papers have entered upon a work ot explanation which it will take them from now till November to complete. We have them on the hip. They must explain. THE DEMOCRATIC PLATEOdiM, On most points this document is a Del phic oracle—on others it is a muddle. It will admit of just such an interpretation as any one may choose to give it. It is about ns definite on the financial question as any; but this is so ambiguous that the World struggles through nearly two columns in trying to convince its readers that it does not mean greenbacks - -or. if it does mean greenbacks, that it means green backs as good as gold. A Pendlctonian would not require half the space to prove that it meansgreenbacks, and nothing else; nnd not the borrowing of old greenbacks, as the World argues, but the printing and issuing of new greenbacks**? libitum. The Times very properly cliaracteriz.es it as a strange mixture of fact and fustian, of courage and duplicity, of propositions that are lucid anti propositions that arc muddy- It is bold to the verge of rashness in regard to finances, equivocal in its allusions to reconstruction, confused in its exposition of fiscal and administrative reforms, diffuse an<l turgid in its arraignment of the ruling party. It is tbe’ work, apparently, of dif ferent hands—one having the nerve inspired by clear and strong conviction, another accustomed to manipulate the common places of partisan confessions of faith, and a third crippled and weak under a burden of words through which we search vainly for precision or fairness. In short, it is the attempt of a set of hungry, cunning and unscrupulous poli ticians to overreach and head off each other, while at the same time struggling to conceal tbe fact of their mutual hatred, and trying to deceive and cajole tbe ]>coj>le into their support. They are like the fox - or, rather, a pack of famished foxes—coax ing the cock to come down. But these democratic foxes are not sly enough flor smnrt enough to either get a meal or make their escape. The war-dogs are on their track. ♦ ♦ ♦♦- The Military Commission Dissolved.— By an order, yesterday, from Gen. Meade, the Military Commission at Atlanta, which has been investigating tbe Ashburn tragedy for twenty days, was suspended. The prisoners arc to be retained in cus tody until further' orders. See telegram. . Do not be Deceives. Let no one imagine that no effort is needed to achieve a Republican victory. Ou the contrary, much hard work is to be done. In this battle is concentrated the last hope ot the Democracy, and they will fi£ht with all the desperation of coward* in a corner. We must meet them with a coolness and determination equal to their impetuosity and desperation. If we do, we shall pierce their armor at the vulnerable point, and the victory will be ours for years. * The Columbus Prisoners, TESTIMONY FOR THE DEFENCE CONTINUED. Nineteenth Day. testimony or koswell ellis. lam acquainted with Mr. Chipley. 1 have never known him to be out nt night except at the meetings of our Reading and Chess Club, of which I was President several months. Chipley had been married several months previous to the death of Ashburn. He was not so regular in his attendance at the Club after his marriage, and his irregularity was remarked by other members of the Club. It seemed he had lost the interest in the Club which he for merly had. There were some jocular pro 'ceedings in the Club, or threats to expel him, I think. There was no betting allow ed, neither was drinking allowed in the room. Mr. Chipley is regarded as one of the best citizens iu Columbus—his character is unexceptionable. I never heard of him being enaaged in a broil of any sort. 1 think there are several in Columbus whose appearance would correspond with that of Mr. Chipley. I know Mr. Hogan. 1 think his appearance would compare closely with Mr. Chipley. If they were masked, and in the dark, 1 would not undertake to swear which was which. Several other gentlemen were named over, and witness stated that their forms compared with that of Mr. Chipley very closely. I have heard persons speak through a mask. It alters the natural voice. The only masked party I ever attended was at Mr. Chipley’s house. It was a select party, and I could not recognize any of them -even my most intimate friends. That fact created a good deal ol merriment. I was not masked. They removed the masks before tbe supper. My knowledge of the rewards offered.for the discovery of the murderers of A- was derived altogether from the newspapers. The City Coimail of Columbus offered a reward of SSOO for proof to convict. 1 understood the reward offered by the Provisional Governor to be §2,000 for the firdt conviction, and SI,OOO each for every subsequent one. CROSS EXAMINED. Being President of the Club, it was made my duty to be present regularly, arid it was on that account I resigned the Presidency, as I found it difficult for me to attend. 1 spent very few evenings in my room until my ordinary bed—time. I sometimes met Mr, Chipley of evenings, when I did not attend at the Club House. For several months 1 passed bis residence and stopped a few moments to talk with him occasionally* 1 can t -state where he spent his evenings, unless he spent them with his family, when he was not at the dub room. I can, On an ordinary star light night, distinguish my acquaintances. There are some that 1 could not. It is not improbable that I would distinguish him. Even if I could not see their features, I have often distinguished some by their carriage. I testified that I could recognize Bedell by the sound of his footsteps. I could recognize others in the same manner, if I was as intimate with them as with Bedell. By the Court —What is your occupa tion ? Answer—l am a Commission Merchant. TESTIMONY OF dtCKEO JOHNSON (colored.) 1 was 24 years old the first day of last July. I know Mr. Columbus C. Bedell. 1 see him in the Court—(witness pointed out Mr. Bedell.) I bad been in his service about a year up to the time he was arrested. 1 attended his room. I was attending his room the night of the death of A. 1 went there in the evening after I knocked off work. At that time I visited his room before I went to work in the morning. 1 attended his room the night of the death of A. I attended next morning a little earlier than usual. I did so because I awoke up -Farher that mooning than usual. 1 heard of the death of Ashburn and went to his house. 1 heard nt Ashburn's house that, there was some such looking man as Mr. Bedell seen there that night. I remarked to some of the people who were standing around there talking; that-I waited ~u Mr° Betlell’S room, and if there was anything out of it I would know it.' I got to his room about suurise. When I got to bi room 1 found him there in his room as 1 usually fo'nnd him. He was asleep. I would suppose lie was asleep. I found him as I usually found him. When I went in bis room and lookdd around, I thought it was a mistake about his being there, because 1 found nothing to give me any evidence that lie was connected with the murder. I found, every thin" as I usually found it, and all things were’ou the table as I left them the evening before. 1 speak of his books, pistol, and goblets. His pistol was lying just as I left it. Alter I got through with my usual busi tiess, 1 woke him up mid told him 'A. was murdered, and he said it could not be pos sible. He eaid it was a very bad piece of business—it would only make it worse fur tbe city. I didn’t tell him about what I heard about his being suspected, because I didn’t know whether jt was so or not, and I didn’t want to say anything about it. 1 have a key and B. has a key. 1 find the bank key on the table mornings when 1 get there. His table is about four feet from the bed, I picked up the pistol and looked at it before 1 waked him up. There was no load shot out of It. I washed the bowl out that morning. 1 did not sec any colored oT muddy water about.it. 1 never saw at-any time a mask of any sort in his room. CROSS HXAMINED. 1 light the lamp every night aud leave it burning, turned down low. 1 did not take any notice of the oil. WHien I went to his room, he appeared to be asleep. 1 could positively bow long it took me to get through with my ordinary busi ness that morning. 1 could not say whether it tpdk me longer that morning or not, because there was great excitement on account of the death of A. I don't suppose I was in his room more than a few minutes after I woke him up. I could not say whether he was sick or not—he said nothing to me about it. 1 unlock) d the debt that morning when I went in. The loek made a pretty loud noise. If Mr. Ellis was awake in bis room, he could have heard it. I don't thiuk it would wake him up. I walked heavily, as I usually do, when I went to Mr. B.'s room- I went out of the room and. returned twice. I did not loek the door, but just pulled it to. I don’t know wbnt time he left to go to breaklast that morning. I don't know whether lie went to breakiast at all or not. I did not lock the door when I left the room —1 never lock it when he is in there. To Mr. Stephens —Closing the door makes twice tho noise that locking it docs, because it is a spring lock. To the Judge Advocate —The door could be left nearly dosed without shutting it tight By the Court—Do you know Low many pistols ot revolvers Mr. B. owns or Ims in hie possession 1 ’ Answer-—I never knew him to have, but one. Question —Does he faewp a pistol at tbe Bank ? Answer—l am not able to say. Question—Are you aertaiu tbe pistol Ims not been discharged or re-loaded ? Answer—l am. Question —Why ? Answer—Because I picked it up and looked at it, as I heard such a looking man as he had been seen at tho place ol the murder. Question—Was the pistol always kept loaded. • Answer—l never knew it to be any other way. It was somewhat rusty, and I never knew it to be shot off. Question—Where was the amokmitiou kept? Answer —J never saw any. Question —Was the pistoli always kept in that one place ? Answer—lt was laying naked on the table. Question—Can’t the bolt of-Aho spring lock be caught so as not to spring out ? Answer—Yes. Question--On what part of the pistol was the rust? Answer—On the part where the cartridge enters to the barrel. Question —Can you- always tell that a pistol has not been discharged by looking at it?—that it hns not been re-loaded? Answer-1 jean when it has been laying a long time ; but if it has been often discharged and re loaded, I could not tell. The testimony of this witness, at his request, was read over to him from the Re porter's notes, and he was discharged. To. Mr. Stephens—The people 1 heard talking at the house where A. was killed, and to whom I made the remark about Bedell, were colored people. The Court then adjourned. • • The Georgia Legislature. Atlanta, July 21. SENATE. A message was received from the Gov ernoj- which was taken up and read. . Mr. Winn moved that tbe resolution reported by him on yesterday be taken up. -Mr. Merrill reported a resolution as a substitute: Be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly met, That the amendment to tho Constitution of the United States, proposed in the Thirty Ninth Congress, and known as Article 14, be and the same is hereby ratified as a part of the Constitution of the United States, and also upon this further funda mental condition, to wit: (This is the arti cle striking out relief.) Mr. Candler offered a substitute, in sub stance, that the message of the Governor, and all matters pertaining to the Four teenth Amendment, be referred to the Judiciary Committee to be appointed, who will report at as early a day as practicable. Mr. Campbell (colored) opposed Mr. Candler’s substitute on the grounds of delay. We were here for the purpose of putting Georgia back into the Union onco more. Therefore, delay of any kind should be ignored, and not impugning the motives of the gentleman, his own mind, no doubt, will convince him that such a measure is fraught with danger. There is not a Senator here who loves his country and’ who has her interests at stake, but who should feel it his duty to east his vote for the amendment. He called upon every member of this House to show, by our acts, that wo aro loyal to the government, and desire to live under the protection of the same ; to secure the blessings of the people at large, an equitable judiciary system, and promote peace and harmony. Mr. Brock said he would not detain the House long. He did not believe that there was a Republican here (and some Democrats) whoTiad upt made up their minds to vote for the amenSaSent. The gentleman who had offered this resolution the other day wished us to hasten matters, and uow he wishes to have it delayed. He wishes this matter to ■be referred to the Judiciary Committee for the reason-of delay, and let them investigate the matter on a subject which has been before the country for months. He closed by calling the previous question, « hich was sustained. The resolution of Mr. Candler was lost. The resolution of Mr, Merrill was then put and passed-—yeas 28, nays 14. Those who voted in tlje- affirmative are Messrs. Adkins, Bowers, Bradley, Brock, Brutton, Campbell,Coleman, Conley, Corbitt, Dickey, Griffin, of the 6th, Griflinot the 21st, Harris, Higbee, Hungerford, Jones, Jordan, Merrill, McWhorter, Sherman, Smith of ths 7th, Smith of the 36th, Speer, Stringer, Wallace, Welch and Winn. I’liOse Voting iu-lue uegauvu ale Messi’s. Anderson, Burns, Candler, Collier, Fain, Hicks, ITinton, Holcombe, McArthur, Mc- Cutchen, Nisbet, Nunnaly, Wellborn and Woolen. Mr. Hinton reporled-a resoiulkm that lour Senators be added to the Committee on investigating the chargeS against Aaron Alpeyria Bradley. « Mr. Adkins moved that lhe Committee be discharged, and the matter referred to the Committee on I’iivilcgos and Elections when appointed. Mr. Candler urged that the matter be investigated at once. He gave notice in the conclusion of his remarks th:it there was one way the Senate could reach the case. A resolution should be introduced, charging that’ a felon was sitting in your midst, and the proof .introduced, aud Senators should vote according to the oaths they had taken. The resolution of Mr. Hinton, and the motion of Mr, Adkins were laid on the table. Mr. Smith reported a resolution that the Senate meet at I) o’clock and adjourn at 1 o'clock. Mr. Wellborn offered a resolution that persons interested in contested elections be invited to seats on the floor. Tho resolution was agreed to. Mr. Higbee offered a resolution that a • Committee of three from the Senate and five Irom lhe 1 lutite, be appointed to wait upon trie Governor cleet, and notify him that the two Houses will be ready to inaugurate him Govoruur, at such time as may suit his convenience, in the Hall of Representatives. On motion of Mr. Burns, the Senate pro ceeded to elect a President, pro tern., which resulted in the election of the Hou. C. B. Wooten. Mr. Smith, of lhe Seventh, reported a resolution that a certified copy of the action of the Legislature on the Fourteenth Amend ment be forwarded by the Provisional Gov ernor to the President of the United States and Secretary of State. The same was agreed to. •By permission, Mr. Spear and Mr. Ander son were relieved from serving on the com mittee appointed on the Bradley case, and Messrs. Merrill aud Fain appointed in their stead. The Senate adjourned until 3 o’clock to morrow. HOUSE. Resolution of Mr. Bell, of Ijanks, to fur nish each member with one copy of Judge Irwin’s<lievised Cede and other books, was adopted. The following niessage was received from His Excellency, the Provisional Governor, through Mr. DcGraffenreid, his Secretary: Mr. Speaker: lam directed by His Ex cellency, the Provisional Governor, to trans mit to the Hottsa of Representatives a. communicafion in writing, with accompany ing docuuieuts: Office of the ) -■FuuVimon-al Governor of Georgia. > Atlanta, July 21, 1868. ) ' the Senate and Haune of Hepreeentativee ; Tbe following communication from the Com manding General of this District, is respectfully tranruiittcd fur tbe infurmatiun of the General Assemtdy: HrAnquAiUßns Third Military District,! (Department of Georgia, Florida j Alabama, > Atlanta, Ge., July 20, 1868.} Non. H. B. th. llSele, Ih-ovone>nal Iloteeirnor of tieorgia : GovKnaon—l have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18th instant, ad vising mo that a committee of tho Honee of Representatives bad wailed on yoa and verbally informed you “that the Bouse, having made a Careful investigation into the eligibility of its members, have decided, by a vote Os the House, that all persona now in their Mats are eligible.” I have already acknowledged the receipt of year latter of the 17th, reporting the action of the Senate on the same tulyeet. I have now to advise and instruct you that each House, having complied with the requirements of my communication of the Bth inst., by examining into and deciding on the eligibility of their members, under the acts of Congress, and Fourteenth Article Constitutional amendment, I have no further opposition to make to their pro ceeding to the business for which they were called together, as I consider them legally organised from the 18th instaut, the date of the action of the House. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Geo. G. Meade. By the provisions of the act of Congress entitled “an act to admit the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama and Florida to representation in Congress," passed June 25th, 1808, you are required to duly ratify the amendment to the Constitution proposed by the 30th Congress and known ns article 11, and by solemn, public act, declare the assent of the State to that portion of the said act of Congress which makes null and void tho first and third sub-divisions of section 17 of the sth article of tho State Constitution, except tho proviso to the first sub division, before tho State shall be entitled and admitted to representation in Congress as a State of the Union. Copies of tho said act of Congress, and of tho said proposed amendment to the Constitution, are herewith transmitted. Rufus B. But.t.ock, Provisional Governor. After it and the communication of General Meade was read, Mr. Lane, of Brooks, offered the following resolution: Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, That the amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article Four teenth, proposed by the Thirty-Ninth Con gress of the United States, and which is, in substance,.as follows, (here see the fourteenth Article) be, and hereby is, ratified by the State of Georgia. Mr. Crawford opposed the adoption, and was .responded to by Mr. O’Neal who favored its adoption. At the close of his remarks, he called the previous question, which was put, atrd the vote taken by ayes and nays. Those who voted in the affirmative are : Yeas—Messrs. Allen, of Hart, Allen of Jasper, Ayer, Earnes, Beard, Belcher, Beil, Bennett, Bethune, Brinson, Bryant, Buch anan, Burtz, Caldwell, Campbell, Carpenter, Carson, Chambers, Claiborne, Clower, Colby, Costin, Cunningham, Darnel), Davis, Ellis, Evans, Fitzpatrick, Floyd, Franks, Fyall, Gardner, Golden, Hall of Glynn, Hall ol Meriwether, Hamilton, Haren, Harrison of Hancock, Harden, Higdon, Hillyer, Holden, Hooks, Hopkins, Houston, Hughes, Joiner, Johnson of Towns, Laue, Lastinger, Lee, Linder, Lindsay, Long, Lumpkin, McCor mick, Madden, Madison, Maxwell, Maul, Moore, Neal, O’Neal of Lowndes. O’Neil of Baldwin, Osgood, Page, Perkins of Cherokee, Perkins of Dawson, Porter, Prudden, Read, Rice, Richardson, Salter, Scroggins, Sewell, Sims, Smith of Charlton, Smith ol Muscogee, Stone, Strickland, Turner, Tweedy, Warren of Burke, Watkins, Williams of Harris, Williams of Haralson, Williams of Morgan, Zellars—Ayes 89, Those who voted in the negative are : Nays—Messrs. Anderson, Atkins, Ballan ger, Barnum, Bradford, Brassell, Brown, Butt, Clarke, Cleghorn, Cloud, Cobb, Craw ford, Drake, Duncan, Ellis of Spalding, Darwin, Felder, Fincanon, Flournoy, Ford, Fowler, Fryer, George, Gober, Gcff, Gray, Gullatt, Hall, Harkness, Harrison of Frank lin, Harris, Harper of Sumter, Harper of Terrell, Hook, Hudson, Humber, Kellogg, Kytle, McCullough, McDougald, Matthews, Meadows, Nash, Nisbet, Nunn, Parke, Pep per, Phillips, Price, Rainey, Rawls, Rosser, Rumph, Scott, Scales, Shackleford, Shumate, Sisson, Sorrells, Taliaferro, Tate, Tumiin, Turnipseed, Vinson, Walthal, Warren of Quitman, Welchel, Williams of Dooly— Nays 70. Mr. Bethune offered the following : Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by tho Speaker, to join such com mittee as the Senate may appoint to wait upon His Excellency R. B. Bullock, Provi sional Governor, and inform him that this House has duly ratified the amendment to the Constitution of the United States, pro posed by the 39th Congress, and known as Article 14th, and that this House has also declared its assent to the fundamental condi l lions imposed on this State, and annexed thereto by an Act of Congress ; and that both branches ol the General Assembly will, at such time as he may designate, be ready to inaugurate the Governor elect; and that the Clerk of this House transmit forthwith to the Senate a copy of this resolution, and request the concurrence of that body. Adopted. Messrs. Bethune, of Talbot, Williams, of Dooly, Johnson, of Towns, Mathews, of Houston, and Neal, of Warren, were ap pointed the Committee on the part of the House. Mr. Tumiin, of Randolph, offered the following resolution : Resolved, That we respectfully and earn estly petition the Congress of the United States to remove from every citizen of Georgia, irrespective of party association, the disabilities imposed by the third Sec tion of the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article 14. It waß not taken up—rote, 94 to 60. (It requires three fourths to suspend the rules, which must be done in order to act upon a resolution the same day it is offered.) Mr. 'Turner (colored) offered a resolution instructing the committee of five to make arrangements to inaugurate the Governor in some other .place than the hall*of the House. Adopted, and the House adjourned to 4 p. m. AFTERNOON SESSION. 4 o’clock f. m. Mr. Betlmne submitted the following: Mr. Speaker. As chairman of the com mittee appointed by this House to join such committee as the Senate might create, to wait upon his Excellency R. B. Bullock, Provi sional Governor of this State, and inform him of the adoption of the amendment to the Constitution of the United States proposed by the 39th Congress,and known as Article XIV', and that the General Assembly of the State had declared its assent to the fundamental conditions annexed thereto by an Act of-Con gress, and to inform him that both Houses of the General Assembly are ready to inau gurate the Governor elect of this State at such time as he may designate, I have the honor to report that your committee having joined a similar committee appoint ed by the Senate, have performed the duty assigned them, by communicating the action of the General Assembly as stated in the - resolution under which they were appointed, to his Excellency R. B. Bullock, Provisional Governor, who expressed great satisfaction, and stated - that he would im mediately inform the commanding General of the Third Military District of the informa tion thus received by him, and that if it meets the approbation of both Houses of the General Assembly, it was the pleasure of the Governor elect to meet them in this Hall on Wednesday, the 22d at 12 o’clock, m., then and there to be inaugurated Governor of the State of Georgia. All of which is respectfully submitted. Marlon Bethune, Chairman. Mr. O’Neal, of Lowndes, submitted the following: • Mr. Speaker: Your Committee to whom was assigned the duty of informing Major General Meade of the action of this House upon the -Constitutional Amendment and other fundamental conditions, and of inviting him and his staff to a seat upon this floor during the inauguration of the Governor, beg leave to report that they have performed said duty, and received from General Meade his thanks for the kindness and courtesy of this body as well as an expression of his desire and intentions to accept the invitation. Mr. Bryant offered the following: Resolved, That in preparing for the inauguration ceremonies the messenger be instructed to remove the desks from Ibis Hall, and that chairs be provided for mem bers of the House and Senate, invited guests and gentlemen aceoinpaiied by ladies. Adopted. Mr. Hull, of Glenn, offered the following : Resolved, That each member of the Sen ate and House of Representatives receive a ticket admitting one person to the in augural ceremonies. to morrow ; that their tickets be printed this-p. m., and those en titled to them be supplied from the Clerk’s desk of this House in thou, m., and that the whole of the galleries be reserved for the purpose. Adopted. Mr. Duncan offered the following : Resolved, That a committee of five bo appointed, by the Chair, to investigate and report to this House upon the eligibility of a seat on this floor of F. 11. Fyall, of the county of Macon, and that said committee have power to send for persons and papers. On motion the House adjourned to 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF GEORGIA, of the Soldier’s and Sailor’s National Republican Committee, Major E. T. Pillsbery and Colonel J. F Brown, Savannah, Ga. Captain John Murphy, Albany, Ga. Colonel John Bowles, Augusta, Ga. Major John Knox, Athens, Ga. Captain John A. Madden and Sergeant Seaborn Jones, Waynesboro’, Ga. Sergeant S. Nolan, Macon, Ga. Captain J. Mathewson and Lieutenant Charles Sherwood, Atlanta, Ga. Captain C. B Blacker, Cartersville. Ga. Headquarters at Atlanta, Ga. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Wvtagt bcut-wlirs fHacbcijcn, um iiarj ben vJ-- TMnbern ytt sejjen- $. a. a. «yai!i, jy 23—2 t 172 Broad St. SPECIAL NOTICES. GEORGIA RAILROAD, I Office of this Superintendent, | Augusta, Ga., July 17, 1888. J AGENTS OF THIS ROAD HAVE been instructed to commence, on the 21st iast., selling-TICKETS TO THE CONVENTION to be held in Atlanta on the 23d instant. Passengers paying full fare going, will bo fur nished with a RETURN TICKET FREE— good unlil 28th instant, inclusive. The privilege extended only to those pur chasing tickets before getting on tho ears. E. W. COLE, jy 18—St General bapt. GRAIN AND FLOUR SACKS!! Tho old established “Corn Exchange Bag Manufactory’’ Is prepared to furnish GRAIN SACKS of any desired size or quality, and at short notice. Also, COTTON AND PAPER ‘FLOUR SACKS Neatly printed to prdet. Information promptly furuished upon applica tion. W. B. ASTEN & CO., je 17—3 m 25 Pearl Street, NcwJYork Oily. REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION rooms of State central com. t Unium Republican Party of Ga., > Augusta, Ga., July IJ, ) jgfcgT AT THE REQUEST OF MEMBERS of tho Central Committee, I hereby call a State Convention of the Republican party of Georgia, to assemble in JITLANTA, on Tendon, the fourth day of Augiurt ntfxl, for the purpose of nominating Electors for Guant and Colfax. Tho basis of representation will be the same as in.thodower house of the General Asbembly. Republicans are requested to hold meetings in their rcFpcctrvo Congressional Districts, and nominate candidates for Congress. FOSTER BLODGETT, Chm’n State CeW. Committee. Republican papers in this State will please copy. jy 15—td JOHN B- FULLER, 17 DEY St., NEW YORK CITY, Manufacturer and -Dealer in PORTABLE ANU {STATIONARY Steam Engines & Boilers From 2 to 260 Horse Power. Must approved Circular and Upright Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Sugar Mills, aud all kinds of Mining and Plantation Machinery on- hand aud built to order. Shafting, Bullies, Leather and Rubber Belt ing, and all kinds of Iron and Wood working Machinery. Machinery and Railroad supplies in store an shipped at the lowest rates. STEAM «A.S A!Y«» atcr Pipes, BOILER FLUES, And all kinds of Brass and Iron Fittings Tools, etc., for Steam,and Gas Fitter's use. The best and largest assortment in the city and st greatly reduced prices. Send for Price List. NEW 30 BARREL TURPENTINE STILL With Extra Heavy Motion!, All complete, Jor Sale much below Cost. Stills of all sizes built to order and DISTILLERS fitted out at the lowest rates EVERY KIND OF Plantation Machinery, ENGINES, HORSE POWERS, GRIST MILLS, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS Os every description -in store, and fer sale at the lowest rates. COTTOS CIWS AIUP COTTON PROW The best McCARTY GIN EVER MADE With the TAYLOR, EAGLE, BROWN SOUTHERN and the New CRAVEN Saw Gins, Cotton Presses, With Engine and Horse power, and all seppliei in store, for sale at the lowest rates, by J. B. FULLER 47 Day Street, New York'Jitv seß—ly . SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA.- At Blakeley, the Sth day of July, A. D. 1868. The nudersigued hereby gi-vee notice of bis appointment ae assignee of James B. Jwten, °> Blakeley, in the county of Early and State of Georgia within said District, who has been ad judged a bankrupt upon his own petition by the District Court of said District. GEORGE B. SWANN, jyH—law3w * Assignee, etc. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE United States, for tho Southern District Georgia. In the matter of 1 JAMES II ENE Y, J-IN BANKRUPTCY Bankrupt. | • < lt ’ The undersigned, hereby gives notice of bis appointment as Assignee of the estate of James He’ney, of Rielinioud county, Slate of Georgia within said District, who lias been adjudged a Bankrupt npon his own petition by the District* Court of said District. IBADORE P. GIRAKDEY, jvJ9—law3w Assignee. To Builders. GMRBAI. SW>ERtNTJ,NDBXt’s Officb, ) Georgia Railkuad Co., ’ I Augusta, Ga., July Tilth, 1868 | OEALED PROPOSALS WILL Ift! RECEIVED O at the office of tho Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, in Atlanta, until the first day of August proximo, to furnish material ant build a FIRST CLASS- FREIGHT WARE HOUSE AND OFFICES for this Company so Atlanta, Qa.—two hundred and seventy-five feet long, fifty feet wide, aud front for offices, three ' stories. Full information may bo obtained aud plans and specifications seen at the office of Mr Corput, Architect and Civil Engineer, Granite Block, Broad street, Atlanta, Ga. The Company reserves the right to accept anv bid or refuse all. 1 E. W. COLE, DIS —124■ General Supt. Anthracite Coal. TN ADDITION TO THE COAL ADVERTISED , -1- in another column, I shall have a canto of CHOICE PHILADELPHIA PARLOR C'OAL for early delivery, and at a small advance above the cost of importation. . jy 17—Iw CHAS. A. ROWLAND. U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE. COLLECTOR’S OFFICE,) Augusta, Ga., July 14,1868 j WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION at 11) o’clock a. m., on FRIDAY, JULY 24th, 1868, at tho United States Bonded Ware house, rear of tho store ol W. A. Ramsey i Co 8 Boxes CHEWING TOBACCO-no brand ’’ ‘ " o " D - W - ? " “ A. Fuller. . 0 “ “ no brand. 33 COPPER STlLLS—with fixtures. 3 IRON STEAM BOILERS. Said articles having been seized for violation I of the Internal Revenue Laws of tho United States. WILL. D. BARD, jy 15—2 t 15a24 Collector 3d Dist. Ga. AUCTION SALES. City Sheriff’s Sale. WILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWER Market House, in the city of Augusta, on the first Tuesday in August next, between the usual hours of sale, two Prqmisory notes—one given one day after date, for >518.11, in favor of ’ right & Mobley, dated Augusta, January 4th, , 1868, signed Arthur A. Atkinson ; one ten days afterdate, dated January Gth, 1868, for $1'20.95 in favor of Wright & Mobley, signed Wingfield M. Rivers. Levied on by virtue of a fi. fa., in . favor of Hezekiah Bussey Vs. Wright & Mobley li. fa. in the City Court, of Augusta, returnable to the August term of said Citv Court. ’ ISAAC LEVY, lyl-td Sheriff City of Aagnsta. City Sheriff's .Sale. WILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWER MARKET I ’ » House, in the City of Augusta, between ' tho usual hours of sale, on tho first Tuesday in August next, four shares of the capital Stock of the Empire State Insurance Company. Levied on by virtue of an attachment; returnable to the City Court of Augusta, in favor of Sidney Hoot vs. Alexander S. Myer and Julius J. Myer, once copartners under the name of A. S. Myer A Son. Sold by virtue of a fi. fa. founded unsaid attach ment; returnable to tho August term(lß6B) of said Court. ISAAC LEVY, jy l—td City Sheriff of Augusta. City Sheriff’s Sale. WILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWER Market, tn the city of Augusta’, between the usual hours of sale,on the First Tuesday in August next, the following property, to-wit: Oue House and Lot, <>n the corner of Washing ton and Ellis streets, fronting on Washington 40 feet, ipore or less, and extenilffig down Ellis street 88 feet, mere or less; and Imuuded North by lot owned by J. R. Powell, Trustee of R. E. t Nehrand Emanuel Nehr aud Wm. B. Kulkley. East by lot belonging to the estate of Richard Aldsworth; South by Ellis street, and Westby , Washington street. Levied on by virtue of a , Distress-Warrant hi favor ot John B. Pourneii vs. J. R. Powell, Trustee of K. E. Nehr, Emanuel Nehr, and Wm. B. Kulkley, returnable to the Au i gnst Term of the City Court of Atigusfa. Also, to satisfy One tax execution for the year 1867, City Council of Augusta vs. J. K. Powell, Trustee of 1 R. E Nobr, returnable to the August Term of the 1 City Court of Augusta. Augusta, Ga., July 3, 1868. ISAAC LEVY, jy3—td City Sheriff C. A. i City Sheriff’s Sale, w ILI»BE SOLD AT THE LOWER MARKET ’ ■» House, in tho City, of Augusta, on the first Tuesday in August next, between the usual hours of sale, the house and lot of L. Dwells, Jr.,—House north side Broad street, running through to Jones street; bounded on the north by Jones street, oast by Mrs. Straub’s lot, south by Broad street and west by Dwelle’s lot. Levied on by virtue of a tax execution in favor of the City Council of Augusta for the year 1867, ; returnable to tho City Cuanoi! pf Augusta. ISBAC LEVY, jy4—td City Sheriff of Augusto. City Sheriff’s Sale. ■ YU ILL BE SOLD ATTHE LOWER MARKET ’ • House, in the City of Augusta, ob the first Tuesday in August next, between- the usual hours of sale, the house and lot on Market street belonging to W-. V. Keener, Trustee. Levied on by virtue of a tax execution in favor the City Council of Augusta, for the year r<66; bounded north by Market street, south by Rey nolds struct, <jast by Hutter’s lot, and west by W. V. Keener’s, returnable to tho City Coaincil of Augusta. ISAAC LEVY, jy4—«td City Sheriff of Augusta. City Sheriff’s Sale. WILL BE BQLJJ AT THE LtHVER MARKET House in the Cjity of Augusta, on the first Tuesday in August next, between the usual hours of sale, the house and 10l of John T. King, sixty-sfr (66) feet, more Or less, on Houston street, running back one hundred and sixty six (166) feet, more or less; bounded north by Malt. Pleasaot’s, east by John M. Tur ner, south by Broad and west by iloukfon streets. Levied on by virtue of two tax executions in favor of the City Couneil of Augusta, for the years 1866 and 1867, returnable to the City Council of Augusta. ISAAC LEVY’, jy4—td City Sheriff of Augusta. , City Sheriff’s Sale. WILL BE SOLD AT THE LOWER MARKET House, io tho City of Augusta, on tho first Tuesday in August next, between the usual hours of sale, the houso and lot of John M. Turner, on north side of Broad fronting 110 feet, mote or loss, and running VJ* to Reynolds street; bounded north by Reynolds street, east by Peter Johnson’s and Hannah Todd s lets, south by Broad Street aiid west by John '!• King’s and Matt. Pleasant’s lots. Levied on by virtue of tax execution in favor of the City Council of Augusta, fox tho year lyi67, returnable to the City Council of Augusta. ISAAC LEVY, jy-4—td City Sheriff of Augusta. ’V- ’! «*■ ? City Sheriff’s Sale- WILL BE SOLD AT TLE LOWER MARKEI House, in the City ©f Augusta, on the first Tuesday in August next, between the usual boors of sale, one bouse and lot, the prop erty bf Jerry Ruach, bn the south side of Fen wick street, fronting 62 feet, more or less, and running baek 187 feet, more or less, to Calhoun rtreet; bounded north by Fenwick street, south by Myer’s lot, east by lot of C. A Platt, west I’7 lot of w. V. Kerr. Levied on av the property <■> Jerry Bunch, to satisfy two fi. fa.’s for City Tax for the years 1866 and 1867. The saidfi-f*-' returnable to tha City Council of Augusta. ISA.<CLEVY, jyl—td City Sheriff of August*- SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA' O At Blakeley, tbe Bth day of July, A. D- Tbe undersigned hereby gives notice of l»- apptHutment. as assignee of James B. Brown, o Blakeley, in the county of Early and Slate o Georgia, within said District, who hM been at judged n bankrupt upon bis ow» petition by t < District Court of said District. GEORGE B. SWANN. jyH—law Jw Aligns*, iM